Inga of Varteig
E321481
Inga of Varteig was a Norwegian woman known primarily as the mother of King Haakon IV of Norway, whose contested paternity and rise to the throne were central to the Norwegian civil wars.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Inga of Varteig canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3033669 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Inga of Varteig Context triple: [Haakon IV of Norway, mother, Inga of Varteig]
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A.
Ingeborg
Ingeborg is a feminine given name of Germanic origin, commonly used in German-speaking and Scandinavian countries.
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B.
Vilailuck Teigen
Vilailuck Teigen is a Thai-American television personality and social media figure best known as the mother of model and author Chrissy Teigen.
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C.
Catharina Bolnes
Catharina Bolnes was the wife of Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer and the mother of his many children, known primarily through her connection to the artist’s life and estate.
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D.
Ingrid
Ingrid is a feminine given name of Scandinavian origin that has been borne by several notable figures, including the Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman.
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E.
Svaneke
Svaneke is a picturesque coastal town on the Danish island of Bornholm, known for its well-preserved half-timbered houses, harbor, and traditional smokehouses.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Inga of Varteig Target entity description: Inga of Varteig was a Norwegian woman known primarily as the mother of King Haakon IV of Norway, whose contested paternity and rise to the throne were central to the Norwegian civil wars.
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A.
Ingeborg
Ingeborg is a feminine given name of Germanic origin, commonly used in German-speaking and Scandinavian countries.
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B.
Vilailuck Teigen
Vilailuck Teigen is a Thai-American television personality and social media figure best known as the mother of model and author Chrissy Teigen.
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C.
Catharina Bolnes
Catharina Bolnes was the wife of Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer and the mother of his many children, known primarily through her connection to the artist’s life and estate.
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D.
Ingrid
Ingrid is a feminine given name of Scandinavian origin that has been borne by several notable figures, including the Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman.
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E.
Svaneke
Svaneke is a picturesque coastal town on the Danish island of Bornholm, known for its well-preserved half-timbered houses, harbor, and traditional smokehouses.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Norwegian woman
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historical figure ⓘ medieval person ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Norway ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar
ⓘ
Old Norse sagas ⓘ
linked to:
Norse sagas
|
| ethnicGroup | Norwegian ⓘ |
| genre | subject of medieval Norwegian historiography ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | courtier (traditional designation, as mother of the king) ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the mother of King Haakon IV of Norway
ⓘ
role in the Norwegian civil wars ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Norwegian ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Varteig ⓘ |
| motherOf | Haakon IV of Norway ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | mother of the king of Norway ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
contested paternity of Haakon IV of Norway
ⓘ
involvement in succession dispute after the death of Haakon III of Norway ⓘ |
| partOf | Norwegian civil wars ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Varteig, Norway ⓘ |
| positionHeld | royal mistress of Haakon III of Norway (disputed) ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| residence | Varteig ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
ordeal to prove Haakon IV’s legitimacy (as reported in sagas)
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public oath affirming Haakon IV’s royal paternity ⓘ |
| significantRelation | Haakon III of Norway ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
13th century
ⓘ
late 12th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Inga of Varteig Description of subject: Inga of Varteig was a Norwegian woman known primarily as the mother of King Haakon IV of Norway, whose contested paternity and rise to the throne were central to the Norwegian civil wars.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.